“He looked stunned, anxious and looked like a lot was going through his mind like I would have been,” said Rollins. “So I asked him if he’d be okay with me driving because of the possibility of motion sickness.”

McIlroy said: “No, just get me there. Get me there.”

Rollins called ahead to clear traffic in front of him and McIlroy got to the course in time.

He then beat Keegan Bradley to secure a critical point for Europe without a proper warmup.

Rollins says he has taken some heat for not sabotaging McIlroy, but he was just doing his duty and doesn't take any blame for the US collapse.

After Europe won the Cup, Rory was presented with an enormous alarm clock: